Bitmain Antminer V9 review

Bitmain Antminer V9 review

Bitmain has announced today that Antminer V9 is available for sale. According to the announcement by Bitmain, the Antminer V9 is especially designed for long-term use in fast-growing mining operations.

Bitmain Antminer V9 – 4 THS listing on Bitmain Shop

Available at just $345, according to our calculations, the cost per THS for the Antminer V9 is 50% lesser than the cost of an Antminer S9, currently on sale. One of the downsides is that it consumes 1KW power.

Antminer S9 vs Antminer V9

Antminer V9

Antminer S9

Price (in USD)

345

2320

Hash rate (in THS)

4

13.5

Cost per THS (in USD)

86.25

171.85

Power usage (in Watts)

1027

1323

Power efficiency (Watts / TH)

256.75

98

As we can see from the above table, Antminer V9 is profitable in a cost per THS perspective, but loses out in the power efficiency (watts/THS).

Some interesting points to note:

Minimum order quantity of 5 units

Shipping starting March 1st

135 hashing chips on board

1 KW of power consumption per unit

BCH and USD wire payments accepted

Antminer V9 Review:

Plugging in the numbers into mycryptobuddy, it is a loss to mine with the Antminer V9 due to expected difficulty levels and its low power efficiency.

Projected profits of Antminer V9 according to mycryptobuddy

Here is the complete announcement emailer from Bitmain:

Bitmain A9 annoucement email

Complete Specifications of the Bitmain A9 is as follows:

Antminer A9 Specifications

No.

Specification

Value

1

Product model

V9

2

Hash chip type

BM1580

3

Total quantity of hash chips

135 PCS

4

Total quantity of hash boards

3 PCS

5

Total hash rate

4TH ±5%

6

DC voltage input

11.60~13.00 V

7

DC current input @12V DC

79.59 A +10%

8

DC Power @12V DC input

955 W +10%

9

220VAC Power @25℃ ,93%

1027 W +10%

conversion efficiency of APW3

10

220VAC Power efficiency @25℃,93% conversion efficiency of APW3

253mJ/MH+10%

11

Weight（without package）

3.05 kg

12

Operation temperature

0-40 ℃

13

Storage temperature

-40-85 ℃

14

Operation humidity

5%RH-95%RH,

prevent condensation

15

Noise

76 dB

16

Networking connection mode

Ethernet Cable

17

Power connection mode

All three PCI-E ports are required to power the board. You can use one PSU to power multiple boards, but do not attempt to power one board with two PSUs.We suggest to prevent the control board to be powered up before hash boards be powered up.